The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-09 00:00:00

The Extradition of Mazzini, Can the extradition of Mazzini from England be d emanded at our bands by the French Govern. went ? The Law limes of to-day argues in the negative thus distinctly as follows :—" The Paris Papers, Particularly the Gazette de France, attach g rea t importance t o thi s f res h sen t ence against azziui inasmuch as they think it enables the French Government to apply for his extradition, or at least his expulsion from England. Both, we m ay take the liberty of informing the French law- Yers, are out of the question. The convention be tween th e the Queen of this country and the King of French, of the 13th Feb, , 1843, was, that the contra c ti ng theiraparties should, on requisition made in through their respective diplomatic gents, deliver up to justice persons who, being ac cused of the crim es o f mur d er ( co mprehending the Crimes designated by the French penal code by the assassination, parricide, infanticide, and r° ` e nning),orof an atte m pt tocommit murder," com- Ititted within the jurisdiction of the requiring Party, should seek an asylum or should be found within the territories of the other." Accordingly the 6th and 7th Vict., c. 75,: for carrying the Con vention into effect, provides for the surrender of Persons Who, being accused of having committed Murder or of an attempt to murder within the territories and jurisdiction of the King of t he French, s h a ll b e f oun d i n th e Queen's dominions. The Act omits the words " seek an I'lltItn" which are in the Convention. Probably Parliament was jealous of words which have a political rather than a criminal association. But there can b e no doubt that the Act, as well as the Uo nvention speaks of persons only who commit ' Wi thin the French jurisdiction the crimes specified, quitting that jurisdiction, flee to, and are found in t he British dominions. If it was from the brewery I n d from Th ur l oe squ are, or any other place in c)e tion, that Mazzini pulled the strings (if he did a t all), clearly he is not a person within the Co nvention or the Act. AS to expulsion from England, unless in the execution of a sentence of penal servitude, there is no "en power in the British executive against a Co rsi,,,. ner any more than a native. It is true that in Ju ne, 1848, when there was a fear (groundless or otherwise) that foreign agitators might combine .With th e ri eiaartists to overthrow British society, or t he British const i tut i on , w hi c h means th e same thi ng, an Act (11 Vict. c. 20) was passed giving to k Secretary of State who, on authentic written in formation, believed such a step expedient for pre. ,serving the "peace and tranquillity" of any part of the realm, power to order the removal of any alien. B ut that Act was made to continue only to the e tld of the next session, and then expired, , In case of th e ex i stence, an d commun i ca ti on :() the Briti s h G overnment. o f ev id ence s h ow i ng British complicity o f an y person , w h e th er a li en or zritish subject, in a plot to murder the Emperor, t he only proceeding of which the French Go vernment could call for the adoption would be a pro secution under the 4th section of the Consolida tion Act rel a ti ng t o o ff ence s against the person : (24 and 25 Vict. c. 100.) All persons who shall conspire, confederate and agree to tcArder any person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty 0 °1 ; 1:1 °t) and whether he be within the Queen's dominions 2lot, and whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or ,fueavour to persuade, or shall propose to any person, to illlr.der any other person, whether he be a subject of her a J9stYor not, and whether he be within the Queen's dominionsbeing or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and of ' la t ,g convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion hot " court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term b n .roore than ten, and not less than three years, or to or imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with without hard labour. 311 ONEy MARKET AND COMMXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. „. There is rather less inquiry for discount senora `uedation, a n d th e ma rket appears a shade easier, th B ecluent upon the payment of the dividends at e Bank of England. Instead of paying 6 per cent, the mercantile community can now get ac commodation on the last three months' bill at 5i Per cent. T here was very little alteration yesterday after lo the Continental exchanges, but the rates on Austria were rather less favourable. S ince Monday last the imports of specie beve l „ m t h° ll oted tJ £445,800, and the exports to £936,400, Another project just introduced is the Imperial dank of China; it is brought before the pubic by t he Credit Mobilier. The capital is £1,000,000, in 20 .000 shares of £5O each, the first issue being 1 0,000 shame. China is stated to be the only lar ge country in the civilised world which has 'le direct bank in London operating solely for its /enefit, and this company has therefore been formed to supply an acknowledged want on the plan which has been so successfully carried out in London by the banks for India and other similar institutions. T he Imperial Bank of China will transact all ope rations connected with those of a bank of issue, e e P°sit, discount, and exchange. Its directing and o oetrolli ng authority will be in London, with bra nches and local boards at Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Foochoo, Tientsin, Pekin, and such other cit ies as may from time to time be found desirable. The shares are 2 to 3 prem. A mong the latest additions to the list of new b und ertakings is the Millwall Iron Works Ship tiktlilding and Graving Docks Company intro - Ched by the Mercantile Credit Association and the Iraq, re dit ivlobilier. The capital required is £ 2 , 000 , 000 0 0 shares of £5O each, of which 2 0, 000 have Y been subscribed. It has been formed to llre hase and extend the well known business h ithert oil carr i ed on b y private cap i ta li sts un d er th e fi rm of the Millw a ll Iron Works and Shipbuilding 1' 0 ° , 41 .1 31 °Y. The capabilities of the establishment "ti e production of every class of iron work are ! hr Passed. The company has also purchased the r ' t atinie. Graving or Dry Dock now in efficient bto°ll,ing, and the whole of the property has been uned upon terms which are considered highly favo urable. The share are quoted 21 3 prem. LA four a n d a h a lf p er cent. Swedish Government 0411 for £2,223,000 sterling has just been an hcoed. The loan is raised by virtue of an Passed by the Four Estates composing the 18 v9e dish R e i c h sra th, under the date of October 23, 11 , 63 , ratifi e d b y hi s M a j es ty th e King of Sweden, "ci- has been contracted for by the Iteichschulden Sch roder (P u bli c Debt-office) with Messrs. J. H. 'chroder and Co., of London, and other associated i4Pitaliets. It is enacted that the proceeds of this : a o shall be appli e d exc l us i ve ly t o the ex t ens i o n and °h struction of railroads in the kingdom of Sweden. b °ll cle will be issued in sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, £2OO, 4 4 ° o , with coupons, payable in sterling halt-yearly i-11 London on the 15th April and 15th October at t he counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder 411 (1 Co. The first coupon will be payable 15th Oc tober, 1864. The subscription price is 92,-; per cent., pa yable as follows :—£s per cent. on application ; 3 ' 15 on allotment ; £2O, 12th May ; /20, 12th T tlh e £2O, 12th July ; £l2 10s., 12th August. r „ °t4l , £92 10s. per £lOO. Discount at the rate of 41 er of cent• per annum will be allowed for pre-payment t he inst a l ments upon a ny of the days fixed above. l i P receipts for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, £2OO, 4°. will be issued by Messrs. J. Henry Schrader e g ,, C °e and after completion of the payments be re, aged for bonds of the like designation after /4 ic e '.l l t of th e same f ro m Stockholm. A • h l g fund i s p rov id e d f o r, whereby the loan 61 be redeemed at par in the course of Of , 37ea rs, by half yearly drawings the first 1 1: 11 , 3 "'ich will take effect on 15th of October next. ei ht S'aedish Government, however, reserves the Air .l° repay ti, - the whole loan t ‘lcal of 15 y ears from this tiame.par after the ex- Two o'CLocx. k i k t Paris t hi s d ay, eccor di ng to M r . R euter ' s 4ra tn, 'the Th ree p er C en t. R en t es were 661. 170. 144 .0 t the slightest m ov e me n t w or th men ti on i ng ibr " e urred to-day i n th e mar k e t f or C onso l s , th e th: t4t iells being 911 1 for transfer, and 91; 92 for p ro - "count. Business has been very dull, and the Ttl e eeea ings have been altogether devoid of i n t erest . Ab ht u N ew Threes and Reduced Annuities a re 89 i ; and Ind pCe ia 4 er nts. 99Z i Bank of 4 1 "hd Sto c k is marked 238, 240. tr: t he forei gn M ar k e t there is r a th e r more ur - 1 1 1 ; e138 , and b us i ness i s mo d era t e ly act i ve. iloii,. is h 6 per .Cents,, 1862, are 711 I; do. Con -65A92& ; Mexican, 467, ; Greek, 241 4 ; the tlj4h Passive, 35/1; Portuguese, 49,1 1-; and 0111 ederate Loan, 531541. hy~ f l ° Perations in the P.ailway Share Market 0 141 "et , ijautto, and priecs have exhibited little bo v ! t3 °f importance. L on d o n, Ch a th am , an d hAye declined M. and London and North Western, 55.; while North Eastern (Berwick) have improved 10s. `l he Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request. London and Westminster, however, have receded to 90, while Union of Lon don have improved to 53. International Financial realised 11'1 121 ; Discount Corporation, 11/ ; General Credit and Finance, 10 v._ _ _ The current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings are subjoined : —lmperial Finan cial, 64 •4 prem.; Imperial Bank of China, 2 prem.; Credit Foncier, 7 prem.; llillwall Iron works, 3 prem.; Financial Corporation, 2f, prem, and Thames Iron, 3 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 5 914 2 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B9i i -ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire i. - ith Jan., ISSO — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 -- Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ & 3 per Cent — die Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO and £200 sank England Stk, 4i per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991 Ditto Bonds .El,OOO dig Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 BBl 8 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto, iIOU Bonds 961 hilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 pei Cent — •, bgyptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 1, 4 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent DittO Account.... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred ....•••• Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) -- Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account — Portuguese B per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account • . ---• Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 49a i i Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account cpanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3511 panish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account - Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 185 S Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 _ . Ditto Account .. 711 t Ditto £lOO Bonds 7IA Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cant. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 186' ) Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond u Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch. 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French ftentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — . _ Ditto Account Piedmontese ' 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 — veruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Considering the Limo of the year our market is mode. rately supplied with produce The demand, however, rules firm at the following quotations : FRUIT. e. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 3 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 a to 4 0 Pears, per do u 0 to 0 0 Oranges, per 100..1 0 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberrieshf sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. e d Mulberries,pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 8 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. ooto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sY 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 Sto 1 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 o Cos lett, score •. 0 oto 0 o Mint and savory..o oto 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 6to 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 6 Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 6 Hqd ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 45 0 to 90 0 New ditto, pr pt oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6t o 6 6 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 N'rench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 1 9to 2 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8a Od ; geese, Gs Od to 8s Gd each ; goslings, 6s to 8s Od; ducks ' is Gd to 5s Od; duckl in g s, 4s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is Gd to 2s Od each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os Gd to Os 7d each; Surrey fo wls, lOs Od to 14s Od; chickens, 7s Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to Gs Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Gd to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to 3 s 6d; snipes, Od to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od • wild ducks, 2s 6 d to Os Od ; w idgeons, Is Od to is 3d; plovers, is Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os lldtois ld ; to English, O s d to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to Os Oct ; French do., 580 d to 68 Od per 100; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os 01 to Os Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 3d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 3s Od to 12s ; cod, 2s Od to 83 Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od; doreys, 5s Od to 5s 6d; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 52 ; haddocks, Ss to 120 ; smelts, O. Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Oa Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s Od , mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, 58 4d to 68 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gd; lamb, 6s 4d to Gs 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to Is 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81b4 by the carcase. BREAD. ---- - The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d , of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf sking, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; paled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, Ils Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 8s 6d to Ils Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 3d; sheatlings, is 8d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. 11.1) SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to XI 108 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 106 Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £l. 108 per load. Slow trade. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover. £4 08 to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 10s per load Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lOB ; clover, £4 Os to £5 1030 d ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 lOs per load. A slow sale. COAL MARKET. Prioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Wylam 18 9 Walls End. Eden M a i n lB 91 East Hartl e p o ol ...... 20 0 H o l ywe ll 17 OlSouth Hetton ...20 0 I'anfield Moor Butes ..14 9 Kelloe South Hart1ep001......19 0 Braddyll's Hetton 19 0 Caradoc l9 9 South Kelloe 19 3 Gosforth lB 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 19 6 KeiperGrange 19 0 Walls End. Harton 18 3 Hetton 20 6 Heugh Hall 10 3 ' , Tamen .20 6 Whitworth 16 6 Mattall Ships at mar] ;t, 20; sold, 19. 94 96 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing I 3h arc Railways Paid. Price. Business don; 100 ,Ltlantio &St Lawrenct all 59 61 604 Sk Bom.,Barodact.Cent Ind WO 1024 1034 103 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 74 p 1 p 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 6 10 Do. Preferance 00 Butralo,Brant,aGodrich 10, 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1870 I.ou 100 Do. do. June 1, 14;4 100 et elcuttaac S. Eastn. (1,11). 100 101 103 st Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 99 101 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. p. 100 1044 1054 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1041 1041 105 45 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 10u 194 204 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds , all 75 77 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 60 43 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 ES 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 51 63 100 Do. 3d I', ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 45 stook Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 1031 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. ch l2 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of Indla(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 105 10 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 81 83 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 3 tp stook Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 iut )03 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 08 stook Dc. 4s d 0........ 100 52 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Nlelb.Corp. ap. o. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßrurswick a Canda Class A and B all 3 5 N.lll.C'daB po lst pt bds 100 82 14 stock &judo (100 104 105 ..) stock Do. Delhi lOO 1014 1024 20 Do. do , ;, 1 2 5 ip st Do. Punjaub t. 1 all 1024 1034 Do. Do. , !, 1 ,?; , 100 stook Do.lndus.St.Flo.) lllO O 97 9J --- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. uly I 1877-84 . —...... 100 11 02 104 I Do. 6p. a. - Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 ' Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 1 02 Do. sp. a. Jan.&July. 10i 89 01 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.Hope, e p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 ;Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 .112 114 ( Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 109 111 1N.8.G0v.15p.0.J a.&Jul) 100 102 104 1)0. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. 0, ov. 5 p Her 100 994 1004 Du. sp. c.,lBrt to Iti( 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 995 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up_ 100 109 111 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 - Do. io 6 p.a. An.&004.. 100 105 ,1 09 I BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 d 0111 - ord Amalgamated 3 87 Devon G. Con,(Tavist ) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 675 725 68 9 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... '1.14.6 31 31 315 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 7 75 E. Vrlltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 4* 41 - Gam.d4St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 584 10 11 Great south Tolgus 17s 3 35 G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston , 40 34 36 Grenville .. ifer;:d's-Foot 8.12 35 37 blingston Downs 4.: 8.0 4 45 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelaut 9k 19 21 11 arke Valley.. 01 4 \lyndy Iron Ore (Lim.,ll 25 15 16 New Setun f 191 85 95 —• North Downs .25 15 2 N.Wh'l Bassetallo4s.n 3.1.0 2 25 North Wheal Crotty E'ar Consols (St. Blaze), - , Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 iSoutliCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 440 4010 18. Cana Brea (Illogan) — - IS.W heal Fran. (Mogan; 18.18.9 50 55 !Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 I fainar Silv.it Lead Min. - in Cron d )3 19 • West Basset (Illogan) l5 10 11 %V C, radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan) 5* 875 925 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 35 40 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - 1 Wheal LudLott I Wheal MaryAnni,:den ) 8 135 145 • I Wheal t3eton 585 190 200 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)l 7 21 24 --I‘Vheal Union I 3.17 2* 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 97} London and Brighton, 5 per cent. kua. stock, No. 1, 1121 West Mid., Newp. 5 per cent. pt. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 100 L an cashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock. 134 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. 127 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33± PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS London and Blackwall, 4} per cent. stk., 102} 3/1 London, Chatham, &c,, Metrop. 6xt., B 6 per cent., 100 Vale of Neath, 21 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 London and Chatham, 4a per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 9 Shrewbbury and liereford, 135 South Staffordshire, t 9 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, OZ. Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7.per °entail San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (alt), 20i f THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the Times Special Correspondent at the Danish Head-quarters.) ULKEBOL, April 3. The final day has come for poor Sonderborg, and I have been fairly routed out of it. I closed my last letter at about 7 o'clock in the morning, and being anxious, according to my wont, to post it with my own hands, I sailed forth from the Hotel Rey muth. To walk from this place to the lower town was an enterprise of no trifling danger. What is cal:ed the " Royal," or town, post-office had been struck with two shells and was a mass of ruins. The Feld, or military post, was picking in breath less haste, with no great chance of avoiding the same fate. The furious cannonade of yesterday afternoon had wrought far greater mischief than we were aware of. I stated that the dead and wounded among the townspeople were last evening at 9 o'clock about 22. Their number before the night was over had risen to 57, Sinee daybreak the shower of shells, had recommenced with the utmost violence, and the shells, which had hitherto spent their fury among the buileings of the lower town, now took a bolder flight above the whole extent of its habitation up to the height of the towering windmir.s. There was no safety in any part of Sonderborg. The heed quarters were packing hurriedly, and General Gerlach, with all his Staff, was making ready for a flitting to Ulkebol, where the hospitality of my good friend Parson Meyer awaited them. The terror and desolation of the town had reached its climax. A great many of last evening's fugitives, turn ing from imminent danger without a thought of the future, had only quitted their houses in the maritime quarters of the town to repair to the friendly dwellings of the p eo ple in the upper town. But the higher regions had become in the morning as unsafe as the rest, and the train of the fugitives was swelling at every minute. Only one or two tenements were in flames in the course of yesterday afternoon, and the gallant Copenhagen fire brigade had been able to stem the violence of the flames and prevent its spread. This morning no less than 20 houses were burning , and as the wind freshened there was every pr o spect of a general conflagration. The number of houses all but levelled with the ground began tobo appalling. The Radhuns or Council house, the Holsteinishe Haus and the Alssund, two mean hostelries of the lower town, were mere wrecks. The Burgomaster and the head officer at the Board of Health had been driven from roofless dwellings. The apothecary's house, a large building where the head-quarters had been established, was clean gone, and the same fate had befallen the adjoining watchmaker's. As we heard these particulars of yesterday's havoc, the destruc- tion of to-day gained ground upon us. The advance o of the shells was overwhelming us like the progress of an irresistible tide. There was nothing left for the most obstinate to do, but go, and the signal for my own departure was of course given by the re moval of the headquarters. _ . Sonderborg is gone or going, and it seems as if the Prussians had determined not to leave one stone of it upon another. Yesterday's cannonade was mainly directed against the Dybbol bastions, and the shells that assailed the town from the batteries of Broager - Land seemed to be fired almost incidentally by way of wanton amusement, and were apparently in tended rather to frighten than to do much real harm. But this morning the whole rage of the Prussian cannon spent itself on the devoted town. Disap pointment at their ill success in Sundewed seems to have made the assailants perfectly savage against the helpless capital of Alsen. Unable to show their bravery in a storming attack upon Danish bayonets, the Prussians did not shrink from the unprofitable sacrifice of an open town. The Danes are furious at what they call a " dastardly outrage, a breach of all the laws of war, and a departure from all the prin ciples of modern civilisation. It was to retrieve their character as a fighting nation," they say, " that the Prussians, after being worsted in so many encoun tLre, solicited the post of honour before Dybbol, and reared against that position such a force of artillery as ought to have blown it and its defen ders to atoms. Yet they were not content with achieving by a cannonade what they durst not effect by assault; buy. their very cannon are not pointed at the breasts of men standing up in their defence, but against a miserable crowd of women and chil dren almost as much at a loss how to fly as they are unable to fight." I have been willing to make myself the interpre. ter of this universal outcry of the Danes, because, neutral as I endeavour to make myself on all their subjects of dispute, I really believe it would be dif ficult to find a good excuse for the behaviour of the Prussians in this bombardment of Sonderborg, even if they acted on the necessities sometimes imposed party by the natural laws of self preservation, and weakervation ,and even if the war were on their part a defensive, instead of an aggressive one. The gen o ral in command against Fredericia dil not open the bombardment of the city without a timely intima tion to its inhabitants, allowing theta 24 hours to withdraw from its walls ; yet Fredericia was a for tified place, and the people that of their garri son, whi le Sonderborg i s hardl y castw h who h e r i e r m l a n i t n i e n d w i t i h t mi g ht be thought to have an integral part of the Dybbol line of bastions, all which might be tak en befo re any - necessity arose to and destruction , You must imagine t h e whole of the 2,00 0 inhabi offer Sonderborg the alterna tive between surrender tants of Sonderborg, and the thousand of men and officers billeted upon them as a garrison, suddenly spread along every road and lane in the island, ap plying for quarters at every f ar mhouse, vil lage, hamlet, and but , already for the last nine weeks as full of military ..., 8 - ests of every de gree as houses , st ables, barn s , and straw-lofts can afford, and then consider wh at probabilities there may be of a stranger applying for lodgings with succe ss from door to door, especially if this luck less sleep st ra withnger happen to have six other fellows,house less w ho must needs be t a k en i n w i t h him or him in thethe way of illustratingby I and on of thi s li t tle island ge , ruse de guerre, each of my compa nions, with a vie w to insert the thih edge of the wed Presented re e t straits,under perfectly in the i justifiablesn that the t circumstances, a ourselves singly before as many o f the Plasters of th e li tt l e fi s hi ng b oa ts moored at the p iers of Hon g ) Ray, and asked if they happened to have room fur one in their narrow hold, and the answer was that they had all been bespoken—some for two, some for three families of Sonderborg citizens, and that they were not at liberty to dispose of one inch of ground either on deck or below. .......... MM.* THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUppEL. (RBI. TER'S EPRESI3.) COPENHAGEN , April 4. h ea dquarters to 5 p.m. The following are the latest reports fr om head quarters 2,re7cepi.vme.d_aAtdtvbi:e es Ministry of War : report that the bombardme nt of the position Duppel con tinued. The fires which had broken out in Sonderborg w ere of some extent. Our loss in wounded was less to-day. April 3, Noon.—Advices from head-quarters to 10 45 fronah ead. a.m. announce that single shuts only were occas i onally directed against the town a nd the position during the night. Several alarms were given at various times along the line of ou tposts. Attacks were mad e upon patrols, upon the sen tries, and upon the parties guarding the trenches, but after slight skirmishing the enemy withdrew. Two men o f th e 10th Regiment were killed. T he fire in Sonderborg has now been extinguished. April 4, 10 45 a.m.—The bombardment of Sonderborg has ceased since 6 o'clock this morning. A third of the town has been burnt, in addition to which numbers of houses in a wide circumference have been damaged by shell. Several places are still in 'awes. The Town hall is burnt down. A few shots have only been directed at Duppel. April 5, 9 15 a,m.—The artillery engagement at Duppel was continued yesterday with energy, but the bombardment or Sonderborg has been discontinued. The enemy has thrown up several batteries 14011 the northern shore of the Alsen found, from one of which, at Petersdal, he kept up a violent fire yesterday against the war vessels lying in Slesvig. A pontoon train has been seen in the vicinity of Ballesgaard," The screw corvette Heimdal, from the Sound, ar rived here yesterday evening, with a screw frigate, built for war service, but without guns, and under jury-masts. The Heimdal sighted this vessel car-. rying the English flag in the neighbourhood of Elsinore. As she presented a most suspicious ap pearance, she was ordered to lay to, but disregarded the order, whereupon the Heimdal fired a shot across her bows and brought her up. The Captain Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Improved feeling in market,. 7,000 I, , Rles or very much more. Sales probably TIM SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9,18 M. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. 1 ~, Closing Busines Share Railways. 1 P a k"' Price. clone. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat„andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ----• Cork and Bandon.... Cornwall Do A (A gets no dig' Do. B till 6 p e.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June.l Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June., , Edinburgh & Glasgow.) ,rGlasg. and S. Western. !Great Eastern, Ord. stk 1 8 Si 8i 9 83 65 118 119 831 4 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et I GrcatNorthot Scotland !Great Northern...... • . Do A stock Do B do Gt. 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Hartlepool Har. &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6j 7 35 37 16 17 90 92 101- 106 461 i 7,1; 6i 7i 1281 124 13ut 1311 13() 132 91 $3 64i 65 109 i 1 0 4 67 69 1031 tO4i 41 45 1091 1091 98 99 53 51 1 8 1O 128} 1281 98 100 52 63 25 26 1002 101} 56 67 884 59 128 131 1 3 / 4 2 3 / 4 p, 78 79 1( 11} 121 123 41 43 98 100 53 64 33 35 9oi 91 'lOl IC3 Si 37 38 i 94 10 8 Sip 165 170 5 7 3 - -PI FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, lf Cape Copper, lira.. Fortuna (Urn.), 31, Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 St. John del Rey (lira.), lft 7 United Mexican (linr„ 6f iudanamutana of S. Australia, DOCKS. East and West India, 1416 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 56 / Ditto, new, 46 Anglo Austrian, 76 Anglo-Italian, limited, 61 Australasia, 751 6 Ditto, new, 471 81 Bank of Egypt, 30 291 30 Bank of London. 170 1 Bank of utago, Um., 41 51 Bank of Queensland (lim), 211 Bank of Wales, lira.. lE“ Bank of New Zealand. isa Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 9/ 81 British and American Exchange (Um.), 191 British and Californian, hm., 7/ 1 7 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 4213 Ditto, new, 30} Colonial, lim., 411 Consolidated Bank, lim._, C on tinental, Urn., 16: 171 East London, lira., tik Ditto, new, 8 English and Irish (Um.), 171 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 English and Swedish, lim., 131 European Bank, Um., 111 12 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 36i Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 18 Imperial Bank (lien.), 42,11 Ditto, new, 26 Imperial Ottoman, 191 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, lira., London Bank of Scotland, lira., 18= 1 London and Brazilian aim.), 601 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lim., 20 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 07 ; Loudon and County. 62 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch. lira ,1. stated that he was bound for Copenhagen to offer the ship to the Danish Government, but, as there was reason to suppose her intended for Dantsic or some other Prussian port, the Commander of the Heimdal thought it best to bring the suspicious stranger into this port. DECLARAT lON OF THE HOLSTEIN ESTATES. KIEL, April 5. A large majority of the members of the Holstein Estates (40 out of 49) met to-day in extraordinary Session, and unanimously passed the following de claration : " We, the undersigned Deputies to the Holstein Assembly of Estates at present consisting of 49 members, solemnly declare, with regard t o th e Con ference f European Powers about to assemble in London, as follows : "We protest against every decision may be come to at the above Con terence, respecting the future of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and in especial with regard to the person of the suc cessor to the throne vacated by the death of the King Duke Frederick VII., without the opinion of the country being first taken as to the hereditary right of his successor. We further declai e every recogni tion of any such successor by the European Powers without the previous consent of the country as not legally valid and binding upon the same. " We declare, moreover, hereby as the rights of this country before God and man : "1. That the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are independent States, inseparably connected with each other for ever. " 2. That by lineal succession and primogeniture the male line of the Oldenburg Royal House is ex clusively called to the throne. "3. That Christian IX., King of Denmark, is therefore in no way rightfully entitled to the throne of the Duchies, being excluded by agnates of nearer claims, but that the London Treaty of May 8, 1552, together with the Danish succession law of the 31st of July, 1853, are not legally binding upen the Duchies ; the former because foreign Powers in no way possess the right of disposition over a country not belonging to them, and the latter because not ratified by the assent of the Schleswig and Holstein Assembly of Estates, the agnates, end the Germanic Confederation. "4. The nearest claimant among the now living Princes of the House of Oldenburg, after the re nunciation of his father, is Duke Frederick of S c hl es wig•Holstein-Sonderborg-Augustenburg , who has already declared that he has assumed the Go• vernment as Duke Frederick VIII. of Schleswig and Holstein. " We further declare that the voice of the coun try, agreeing herewith, has unmistakably expressed its desire, in numerous petitions to the General Federal Diet, and in addresses of devotion and deputations to Duke Frederick VIII. from the Schleswig-Holstein nobility, the University, the clergy, the teachers, and the towns and rural districts of Holstein as well as Schleswig, to recognise Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein•Sonderborg-Au gustenburg as the sole and only rightful successor to the throne, and has testified the readiness of the people to sacrifice life and property in his service as their legitimate Sovereign. "Finally, we here by protest most solemnly against every arrangement of the European Powers by which au illegal ruler shall be forced upon the Duchie. , , contrary to their expressed wishes, and by which the connexion with the kingdom of Denmark defini tively severed by the death of Frederick VII. shall be restored by force. We cast upon the originators of any such arrangement the responsibility of the inevitable disadvantages and dangers to the tran• quillity and peace of our country, of Germany, and of Europe. "Kiel, April 5, 1864," (The signatures follow.) The Armstrong and Whitworth Trials, Yesterday the competitive trials between the Armstrong and Whitworth 12-pounder field-guns were continued at Shoebury, in the presence of an unusual number of distinguished visitors. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with Earl de Grey, Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Edward Lugard, General St. George, Capt. Galton, R.E., General Rumley, the chairman of the Special Committee, and all the members of the Committee, Lord Tor rington, Admiral Talbot, Sir William Armstrong, Mr. Whitworth, Colonel Boxer, Colonel Gambier, Colonel Lefroy, and a large number of other offi cers, both naval and military, were present on this occasion. Before stating what was effected yesterday we may inform our readers that the programme of the trials to be gone through with the guns in the course of the competition involves every possible contin gency, mishap, and accident which could by any means, short of utterly disabling the pieces, occur to them in the roughest and most rapid service. Each competitor is represented by three guns of each kind allowed to compete—namely, 12-pounders as field guns, and 70-pounders as guns of position. Sir William, therefore, comes forward with three 12- pounder breechloaders, and three muzzle-loading shunt guns of the same calibre. Mr. Whitworth, as bringing forward only one species of gun, has only three 12-pounders, rifled on his hexagonal principle. Sir William's are built guns on the wrought-iron coil plan, while those of Mr. Whitworth are cast of the homogeneous metal (which is only a hard name for a very soft steel) strengthened by coils of the same metal, forced on outside the gun by hydraulic pressure. These pieces, as we have said, are to be tested in every possible and almost impossible man ner for range and accuracy—with solid, shrapnel, segment, and common shell; against earthworks, .-mbrasures, and stockades ; for ricochet, point blank, and long-range firing; how they will bear embarcation and dise'nbarcatiun, how they will bnswer in boats,how against abattis,brushwood, and villages. Boxesof the ammunition are to be sent tra velling bylan d and sea allover and round the kingdom to see how they each bear transport ; and at one part of the trial the guns will be upset in a wet ditch and left for a night, in order to ascertain, when got out next morning, which is soonest cleaned and ready for quick service with shot and shell. Above all, the trials are to include what will be the most severe test of all—that of seeing which of the guns will break down under continuous discharges as rapidly as the pieces can be loaded and fired. When we say break down, we of course do not mean burst, but be come strained, injured in their rifling, or damaged in any way. When all has been gone through, 3,000 rounds are to be fired from each gun, which is then to be burst with gradually increasing charges. it will be seen, therefore, that it would be next to impossible to devise a more exhaustive system of trials than those which have to be carried out, and whoever wins will not win without having effected every known purpose to which a gun can be put in the field, with many others to which it was never intended to put guns at all. The competition commenced en Monday last, but the first trials, though of course forming part of the programme) h ave hitherto been of such a merely preliminary nature that their results in detail would be almost ueintelligible, and certainly uninteresting to our readers. Nothlng has as yet been effected on either side to point to the probable issue of the contest, and it would therefore he quite premature to attempt any expression of opinion on this subject. One thing, however, may be said—that, as far as this week's firing goes, the contest between the Arm strong shunt gun and the Whitworth has been very close—so close, indeed, that until the official returns are made out it would be hazardous to say which has had the best. Whether they will maintain this equality at longer ranges and under different condi tions of trial remains to be seen, but up to the pre sent, as far as accuracy is concerned, it may be fairly said they are both perfect guns. The Armstrong breech-loader this week has unquestionably shot the worst of the three ; in fact, it is stated that this gun, specially made for the trial, shoots below the ave rage accuracy of the field guns of the same kind in the service. The defect is attributed to some minor alterations i n t ro duced specially into this piece for the c om p etition, which have not turned out so successful in practice RS it was thought they would prove. It is said that at shell practice this gun will carry all before it; and, in fact, the res ult of yester da y 's firing proves this to be mainly a true opinion. But in respect of accuracy with solid shot, it s performances have been below those of Sir William's shunt gun and the Whit worth, an d between these ordnance, therefore, the contest for supremacy during the week has lain, w ithout any superiority being shown by either on which it would be safe to base predictions for the future. yesterday, after a few shots at targets of 1,300 yards (an almost impossible range for the old smooth -bore field-guns), the experiments were con. 13.14.1 19.16. i 47 61 7 130 20& 131 3f li 3i 6 I 1091 44; I 1091 I 98 * I LIBI 19} 11 18 1:81 100 1 100 all all all all 100 1 00 100 1&13.4 34 3i 90} tinned, to show the effect of the three guns on earthworks, the ordinary field fortifications behind which armies intrench themselves against superior forces. For this purpose they were trained at the same range of three quarters of a mile upon a small fieldwork, surrounded with a strong abbatis or chevaux•de (rise of felled trees, behind which was a palisaded ditch—that is, a deep, dry fosse with a high, strong wooden fence in the centre, but out of sight of the attacking forces tilt they should be actually in the ditch itself, Two of the embrasures were formed of gabions on Sergeant Major Jones's plan—that is, of gabions of bands of galvanised iron woven round stakes, like basket-work ; while one embrasure was built up on Captain Tyler's plan—a mere open cylinder of thin iron, filled in like the others, with sand. In the embrasures were placed three unserviceable guns, while the artillerymen that would be required to work each piece were re presented by six dummy figures, made of deal, and placed in their proper quarters at each side of the ordnance, though, of course, as in actual service, under cover of the earthwork, The guns commenced on this with solid shot at 1,300 yards, firing five rounds each,when the damage was inspected and the attack resumed with segment shell, with percussion and time fuses, and so on again at a range of 900 yards. It is, of course, quite needless to particularize the individual shots of each gun ; it is enough to say that with all three, and with the Armstrong shunt gun and the Whitworth most especially, the practice was almost marvellous. From where the guns were stationed the openings of the embrasures were like mere specks, like the mathematical definition of a point having no dimensions; yet shot after shot was sent through them at almost every round, in a way that made officers stare and ask each other how long a work could be defended under a fire from many such pieces, The old fault of the Whitworth hexagonal shot, however, was sometimes shown when sufficient elevation was not given to the gun and its shot touched the ground in or near the abbatis in front of the work. When it did so its peculiar hexagon form made it screw itself up out of the earth almost, to judge by the sound, at right angles with the point at which it entered and go " whirring" up into the air high over the battery. After the solid shot firing was over an examinatio❑ of the work showed that the aim had been too true with nearly all the guns to have done much damaga to the work itself, as the best laid shots had passed through the embrasures. Where they had struck the sides, however, the balance of mischief was certainly in favour of the Armstrong guns, both of which h , .d ripped the turf revetments, whereas the holes made by the Whit worth were mostly clean cut. One of Whitworth's ehot had passed along a gun so evenly as to groove it where it touched, and cut clean pieces out of ite ornamental mouldings near the breech. With the shell firing the practice of all was really wonderful as to accuracy. The two time shells of Sir William and that of Mr. Whitworth burst almost in a line full in front of the embrasures Mr. Whitworth's shell has, however, only just been completed, and more practice is evidently wanted to insure its perfection, :as one of the time fuses was put out by its touching the ground in front in consequence of the gun being !aid too low, and one of the percussion fuses failed to explode on striking, while none of Sir William's missed bursting, tough not always with the same precision as o place as the three we have alluded to. These, however, as regards Mr. Whitworth, are compara- tively minor matters of detail, which no doubt Col. Boxer, who has made his shell, will be easily able to rectify with more practice in its use. Mr.Whit worth's shell contains contains 72 pieces, a few seg ments, but the great majority having ordinary leaden bullets. Sir William's shell contains about the same number of pieces of iron segments, but the bursting charge of Sir 'William's is nearly twice as great as that of Mr.Whitw)rth's. An examination of the battery after the shell work had been gone through showed all the dummies at Mr. Whit worth's embrasure to be uninjured by his shells, while the dummies at the two embrasures opposed to Sir William were badly hit—one in particular, having a large hole through its chest and half its gun head gone. The figures at the part at which the breech-loader of Sir William was levelled were most punished of any, showing that the co afidence of its friends in its power of firing shell had not been ill-founded. The targets placed at some little distance in rear of each embrasure, to certify by holes to the effect of the shell after it had passed the work, were in favour of Mr. Whitworth, his target showing 17, either per forations or hits, while one of Sir William's showed only six, and that which collected the splinters of the shell from the shunt gun only one. The para pets and embrasures were more cut about by Sir William's shell, and, as we have said, his missiles did execution among the dummy figures of the gunners. One curious fact, however, was brought out by these experiments, which speaks volumes against the use of either Sergeant-Major Jones's. or Captain Tyler's plans of iron bands for gabions. This was that one of the wooden gunners was badly hit on the chest by an iron splinter from one of these bands, and the piece left pro tru ling from the wounded wood. Other pieces, also, were scattered inside the work—not many, certainly, but enough in size and number to prove that the use of these gabions, unless where no wooden ones can be got, as was the case in the Crimea, where they were invented, is to be avoided wherever possible. After this the guns were moved up to a range of 900 yards from the battery, and the pieces, which had hitherto been laid with such accuracy by Major Milman, were given over, by request of the compe titors, to their civilian assistants. The result by no means justified the wisdom of the alteration which Sir William and Mr. - Whitworth had made, for, t• judge by the loose and almost wild firing which now often took place, one would have fancied that the guns had been moved 1,000 yards further uff, in stead of 400 yards closer into their mark. It was attempted to account for this by saying that the extreme dryness of the keen east wind dried the fouling of the guns into comparatively hard ob structions, but the opinion of nearly all on the ground was simply that the pieces were not as well laid as they had been before. Except for this im portant difference as to accuracy, almost all the re marks we have made on the trial at 1,300 yard. apply to this at 900. The Whitworth shot when it struck the ground in front again turned up clear over the battery, appearing to confirm all that has been urged against this form of projectile by its opponents, that it cannot be relied on for a plung• ing or ricochet fire. In all other respects the result was very similar to the previous trial, though the earthwork was, of course, more cutup. Sir William again punished his dummies severely, and again Mr. Wuitworth failed to injure his, though the state of his target behind the battery showed that his shell only requires that adjustment which can be gained from practice alone to become formidably effective. After this Sir William Armstrong's 600 pounder Was fired agrinbt a box target. This target had an outer plate of 6 inches of solid iron, backed up by 24 inches of teak, lined with an inner skin of iron 1 inch thick, making 7i- inches of iron and 24 inches of teak in all. " Big Will" was loaded on this occasion with only 701 b. of powder, but with a conical steel shot of 6121 b. weight. The result of the contest, therefore, excited not the least interest, as this gun only a few weeks since, when loaded with 901 b. of powder, smashed up one of the best of John Brown's 11-inch plates with a steel shot of only 3501 b. weight. The gun was beautifully laid as to accuracy, though as the distance was only 200 yards there was little merit in this. When the signal was given it belched forth its cloud of flame a n d smo k e, runn i ng slightly backward as it did so, and sent its shot smash through the target, from which the massive splinters flew like chips. It, of course, went clean through the mark. The outer plate, though one of the best specimen of John Brown and Co.'s manufacture (which is almost equal to saying the best plate that can be made), was where the shot struck driven in before it bodily, through teak and inner lining, and everything —in fact, that part of the target was destroyed — a nd un more remained to be done. With this last tremen dous exhibiiirm the experiments of the .sy ended, and his Royal Highness and the rest of the visitors returned to town. Next week the contest bet ween the guns will go on at a stockade, and in fi r i ng at increaied ranges, and during the latter part of it, the re a l and most important trial of all, the question a en durance—the efforts to break down the guns by rapid and continuous firing—will be made. s uch experiments as those of yesterday are very subordi nate to the real test of all—endurance. In other matters the guns are equal, as far as the trials har e yet gone; for, as we have said, until the official r(-„_ cords are made out it is almost impossible to say which has had the best, the Armstrong shunt A lla or the Whitworth. But the whole issue now de pends on which can be injured first by rough and rapid work at constant firing, and this test will be applied next week. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service (From the Civil Service Gazette.) HOME OrrlcE.—Mr Edmund George May has been pro. meted to be chief clerk in the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police-office, vice Mr Charles I r ardley, retired on pensitya. Mr Walter Cattermole has been promoted to be sec ond clerk in the Commissioners of Metropolitan Polioe-office. COLONIAL-OFFICE, — The governorship of A scension Island has become vacant by the retirement of Captain Frederick Lamport Barnard, R.N. BRITISH MI.7SELTM.—Mr John Sylvanui Tupper has been appointed an attendant. . _ THE POST-OFFICE.—Mr Henry Andrew O'Malony ham been appointed a temporary clerk. Mr Maurice Doige Nor. shey has been appointed a temporary clerk. Mr Thos. Ralph Lowe has been appointed a clerk at Bury St. Edmunds. Mr Edwin Bowles has been appointed a clerk at Swansea. THE ADMlRALTY,—Greenwich Hospital—William R. E. Smart, M.D., has been appointed to be Deputy Inspeator- General of Hospitals and Fleets, ♦ice James W. Johnston, M.D., promoted to be Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. CusTords.—Mr T. C. Hepworth has been appointed an extra clerk, London. Mr H. Skaif has been appointed an extra clerk, London, Mr George M'Loughlin has been pro moted from the 6th to the sth chums of examining officers, London. Mr S. Harris has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, London-docks. Mr T. Johnson has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d class of clerks, London stocks. Mr M. Blakeman has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of clerks, London-docks. Mr W. Bindley has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of clerks, Lon don-docks. Mr F. Q. Home has been promoted from the Gth to the sth class of clerks, London-docks. Mr John Pirie has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d clerkship customs, Londonderry. Mr John Thompson has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d clerkship, customs, Londonderry. INLAND REVENTE.—Excise Branch—Mr Henry Deary Rix, supervisor, Devizes district, Salisbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Hackney district, London, east collection, Mr Robert Hunt, supervisor, Oldmeldrum district, Aberdeen collection, has been appointed supervisor of Devizes district, Salisbury collection. Mr. John MadcLi son, examiner, has been appointed surveyor of Oldmeldrum district, Aberdeen collection. Mr Thomas Reilly, super visor, Sherborne district, Taunton collection, has been ap pointed supervisor of Grantham district, Stamford collec tion, Mr Robert Roper, officer, Wakefield, 3d division, Leeds collection, has been appointed examiner. Mr. Wm. tiawthornwaite, officer, Kirkoswald division, Cumberland division, has been appointed officer of Goole division, York collection. IRELAND.-A vacancy has occurred in the Commander in-Chief's Office by the death of Mr Dagg, Ist class clerk. It has not yet been decided whether the vacancy will be filled up. There are several vacancies in the Registry of Deeds Office forjunior clerks. LONDON GAZETTE---Last Evening. At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of April, Mk— present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council-- this day the Right Hon. Chichester Samuel Fortescue wa s , by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and teok his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at Windsor. the 7th day of April, MA-_ present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council— Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to be one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, he was this day, by her Majesty's com mand, sworn one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly. At the Court at 'Windsor, the 7th day of April, 1864—. present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council— Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, on a repre sentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. Henry Adair Pickard, of Christ Church, Oxford, M.A., to be one of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 7. _ _ Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon. George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, K.G., G.C.8., the oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was this day, by her Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 5. Royal Marine Artillery—First Lieutenant and Adjutant Woollcornbe to be Captain, dated Ist inst., vice Searle, placed on half-pa)—Second Lieutenant John Laylaud Needham to be First Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial Ira portance in the Gazette: — Alfred Jacobson, clothier, Hounsditch Edward Crozier, baker, Albany-street, Regent's•park Alfred Edward Hubbard, beer merchant, Poplar Edgar Riley, organist, Acerington Nathan Shaw, cotton waste dealer Bohol" Harry Jackson, master mariner, Liverpool Richard Hayhurst, cotton waste dealer, Manchester William T. Scott, commission agent, Manchester William Paine, baker, Compton-street, Goswell-road Dawson F. Wigg, publican, St. Peter-street, Islington Gustav Goldberg, travelling jeweller, Manchester William Porteous, travelling draper, Brighton Samuel Simms, beer retailer, Bristol Edward Lawrence, commission agent, Bourne, Lincoln shire Amos Webb, beerhonse .keeper, Tewkesbury William Adam Goes, builder, Torquay, Devonshire J iseph Bailes, leather seller, North Shields Henry Thomas Low, blacksmith, North shields John Sidebottom, hard waste spinner, Rochdale BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, Maurice Myers, Birmingham SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Agnes Miller, Saint Niniaas Robert Osborne, baker, Glasgow Thomas Bryden, farmer, Berclees, Dumfriesshire. Thomas and Smith, perfumers, Dundee Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. imsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 Antwerp .. 25 45 Brussels — 25 45 H.amburgh — 13 7i Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — 11 361 11 19/ 11 19/ 25 55 25 55 13 1 25 25 25 60 25 60 119 f 12 0 12 6 33e Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 62/ 2.5 67/ Milan — 25 62} 25 67i Genoa — 2.5 62k .25 67k Naples Palermo — 25 65 25 70 Messina — 25 65 25 Lisbon — 52 52/ 3p0rt0...^ • —52 k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) THE CITY OF NEW YORK.—A letter from Lieut. James Poole, R.N.R., commander of the Apollo steamer, from Bristol to Cork, was received from the latter city yes terday. Lieutenant Poole says, "The City of New York remains on Daunt's Rock without any more injury. The Liverpool tugs are still taking large quantities of cargo out of her. An attempt will be made to-morrow morning to get her off." 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